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Ethics, philosophy: ethics is concerned with the evaluation and justification of actions and ultimately a justification of morality. See also good, values, norms, actions, deontology, deontic logic, consequentialism, morals, motives, reasons, action theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Protagoras on Ethics - Dictionary of Arguments
Taureck I 52 Ethics/ProtagorasVsCritias: ethics did not originate from the wisdom of an individual, but is a gods gift. Cf. >Ethics/Aristotle, >Ethics/Hesiod, >Ethics/Homer, I 54 Protagoras is accused of ethical relativism. >Relativism._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Protagoras Taureck I B. H.F. Taureck Die Sophisten Hamburg 1995 |